Vertebrate Faunal Remains from Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona (Volume 83) (Anthropological Papers Series)

Grasshopper Pueblo is a large fourteenth-century community in the forested Mogollon highlands of central Arizona. This book is an examination of the entire suite of animal remains from the site. Contents List of figures List of tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Grasshopper Pueblo The Archaeology of Grasshopper Pueblo The Site Physiography and Environment of Region Environment at Grasshopper: Past and Present Chapter 2. Methodology and Overview of the Grasshopper Faunal Analysis Taxonomy Employed Methods of Recording Data Quantification of Faunal Remains Application of MNI Approach Nature of the Faunal Sample Analyzed An Overview of the Grasshopper Collection Patterns of Bone Disposal Chapter 3. The Bony Fishes, the Amphibians, the Reptiles The Bony Fishes Seasonality and the Grasshopper Icthyofauna The Amphibians The Reptiles Chapter 4. The Birds Order Ciconiiformes Order Anseriformes Order Falconiformes Order Galliformes Order Gruiformes Order Charadriiformes Order Columbiformes Order Psittaciformes Order Cuculiformes Order Strigiformes Order Piciformes Order Passeriformes Chapter 5. The Mammals Order Lagomorpha Order Rodentia Order Carnivora Order Perissodactyla Order Artiodactyla Unclassifiable Mammalian Remains Conclusions Chapter 6. An Interpretive Synthesis of the Grasshopper Fauna Subsistence Procurement Animals versus Plants Technology Ceremonialism Domestic Animals Trade Paleoenvironment Environmental Stress and the Grasshopper Fauna Summary and Concluding Remarks Appendix. Quantitative Summary References Analyzes the bones of animals found at Arizona's 14th-century Grasshopper Pueblo in order to determine seasonality of procurement, the nature and underlying causes of hunter selectivity, and situational factors such as time constraints, task group size, and distance from the village By John W. Olsen ; With A Foreword By John D. Speth. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 183-200).